Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-23

the gestuse as ali offer for fare. well handshake, and seizing the open palm of the lawyer, gave it a vigorous sqeeze and an oldfash. toned, punp.handle shake.
 "Good-bye. my dear MT. Smoote; goodbye. It is real pleasure to entertain gentlemen like you. Don't fail to call again when you are m town. I..shall always try to mak e it pleasant for you.
 This put an end to all further ar. gnment, or rather attempt at ar gument, upon Smoote's part. Seizing his saddle.bags, with curt Good day, sir" he fled in despair from tine presence of the hotel keeper, mounted his horse, and, in company with McCown, who had been patiently sitting astride his horse waiting for him some time, began his homeward journey. McCown could not fail noticing tn . woe-begone expression that sat upon his friends countenance.
 ''Smoote, what kept VOL waiting so long?' he asked, as they rode away. What in the world has hap pened to you! No bad news from home, l trust? Why, my dear fel- low, you look like one without hope in both this world and the one to come
 ''TO tell you the candid truth, NcCown, l do feel a good deal that way. Probably when 1 explain the reason therefor, you will laugh; but with me can assure you it is no laughing matter. You remem. Der that titty-dollar sreenback I showed you last evenings"
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 "You recall to mind the manner in which said was going 10 spend itw
 'Pay your hotel bill, buy your wife d calico dress, and a new pair of shoes, and stock your larder with solid table comforts"
 'precsely. Well I. have paid my nOtel Olli.
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 'I say have paid my hotel bill"
 Well, you have twice informed me of that fact; but that isn't tell ing me what is the matter with you, that you should wear such funer- al expression of countenance.
 "That is is just what tx the mat ter with me, McCown. Brooks kept every penny of that $50 bill never gave me continental cent of change! He then had the hardihood to tell me I need not apologize, and wound up by asking me to call again and he would try to make it pleasdnt for me! 0, I'll call again and often! Pleasant, iu- deed. Isn't that the refinement of irOnys Again l am a financial wreck, and all those diightful lit tie schemes about callcO dresses. new shoes and fat larders are all blasted at one fell swoop. It is hard, McCowu, hard to bear. But at all events have paid my hotel bill and saved my honor, though I not, like the kentuckian upon n certain occasion. shoot the land. i lord McCowu, am a member of the church and forbidden, under pain of severe discipline, to use profane language. New, if you will act as my proxy and curse old Brooks, Pll pray for you. Oh! if old Bob Phillips were only present. He is the only man know capable of doing the subject ustice.n ] After riding and hour or so, and c0nyersing upon various topics, Smoote returned to the one upper most in his mind. "McCown,n said he, "if l should say, I wish old Brooks would die,' you would consider it very wicked, and be ] very much surprised and greatly i shocked!'
 "Most decidedly" responded j McBown, with emphasis.
 "Well. have no intention of saving it." TtsppHutu riiibVlh, Hlil tuo Hbpu CNIls- tian to indulge in such wicked wishes; but if the Lord should see fit to call old Brooks to Heaven, wonld oIsider it big thing for other people as well as for old Brooks"
 While in Arkansas, last fall, met Judge Smoote and had an interesting chat with him about old times. In my "reminiscences, sev- I eral months ago, l had something to say about his reputation when young man, of ! being the lazest man in Washington, and al- so mentioned something about his having filled the pulpit in recent years. To the first count of the indictment he entered a plea of guilty, but he wanted to know in the name of Confueius how l came to publish it to the world that he had been preat hing. had certainly heard it, bnt couldn't remember my authority, and, as hadn't ''the papers for it, l couldn't prove it on him. While we were conversing Col. Dan Jones oppor- tunely came into the room, md from him l learned that this fact was a matter of official record, and that ",he papers" could be ob- tained. This is how it came about, accord ing to Col. Dan:
 Circuit Court was sitting in Washington, Judge McCown presiding. Col. John R. Eakin, of blessed memory, arose during the session of court, one morning. anu offered n motion that Brother George r. Smoote de- i liver a sermon in behalf of the bar, and fur ther moved that court immediately adjourn for that purpose. Col Eakin suggested that it was hardly necessary for the clerk to make il minute of the transaction.
 Let it go upon the record was Judge McCown's answer.
 Begging your honors pardon but this can hardly be classed in the category Of le- gal business" rejoined Col E,iin.
 it is my determination" replied the court, with assumed asperity, ''that the mo. ton shall be inscribed upon the record, and for this reason: At tome future day Brother